政府协同视角下京津冀区域生态治理问题研究

以京津冀区域为代表的雾霾污染加剧,重新唤醒了公民和社会的生态意识.相对于自适应能力较弱的市场和企业以及自组织能力较差的社会组织而言,掌握国家公共权力的政府顺利成章地承担起区域生态治理的重任.京津冀区域政府如何突破生态治理的认知局限,从区域政府协作的角度寻求和构建区域生态治理体系,提升政府生态治理能力和效率是研究的重要内容.     

The Portuguese business cycle: chronology and duration dependence

This paper tries to identify a chronology for the Portuguese business cycle and test for the presence of duration dependence in the respective phases of expansion and contraction. A duration-dependent Markov-switching vector autoregressive model is employed in that task. This model is estimated over year-on-year growth rates of a set of relevant economic indicators, namely industrial production, a composite leading indicator and, additionally, civilian employment. The estimated specifications allow us to identify four main periods of contraction during the last three decades and some evidence of positive duration dependence in contractions, but not in expansions, especially when employment is added to the model.     

Grit and self-employment: a multi-country study

Blending the literatures on grit and self-employment, we propose the role of grit in separating the self-employed from the employed. Based on a sample of 13,210 respondents from nine countries, our results indicate that not only is grit related to self-employment, but also grit is more strongly related to self-employment for risk-takers, females, and younger individuals. The findings are robust, controlling for several individual characteristics and alternate specifications, and have implications for the broader literature on self-employment.     

‘Consumers’ Evaluation of Unethical Marketing Behaviors: The Role of Customer Commitment’

While there is a significant amount of research investigating managerial ethical judgments, a limited amount examines consumer judgments of unethical corporate behavior and its impact on the marketplace. This study examines how consumers’ commitment to a company impacts not only their ethical judgment of corporate behavior but also the outcomes of that judgment. The authors test hypotheses with data from 334 consumers and find that consumers’ level of commitment attenuates the level of perceived fairness. More specifically, highly committed consumers may forgive companies for behaviors when perceived harm is low, but become progressively dissatisfied as the level of perceived harm increases. Results of the study point to the importance of considering ethical behavior from a consumer perspective. If corporate actions are perceived as unethical, the company stands to lose favor with their most committed customers. Considering that more time, effort and investment is required to gain a new customer as to retain an old, this study shows that engaging in behavior perceived as unethical by consumers risks alienating the most committed customers.     

Budgetdefizite und Finanzierungsüberschüsse

In den Stabilit?ts- und Wachstumspakt ist die 3%-Defizitgrenze für den Staatshaushalt vor allem deshalb eingebaut worden, weil eine zu hohe Beanspruchung des gemeinsamen Kapitalmarktes der Eurozone verhindert werden sollte. Welche Erkenntnisse lassen sich zur tats?chlichen Inanspruchnahme des Kapitalmarktes aus den Finanzierungssalden der Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnung gewinnen? Wie ist bei solch einer Betrachtung das Argument der Generationengerechtigkeit zu beurteilen? Welche Folgen h?tte gegenw?rtig eine Haushaltskonsolidierung?     

The Neighbourhood Policy of the European Union

The European Neighbourhood Policy aims at creating a ring of stable, friendly and democratic countries surrounding the European Union. While this aim is generally accepted across the Union, major differences persist as to how it should be achieved. Where does the ENP stand today? What is its profile, potential and perspective?     

‘The Muncy–Vitell Consumer Ethics Scale: A Modification and Application’

This study compares college students with other adults in terms of the Muncy–Vitell (1992) consumer ethics scale. Further, the study updates the Muncy–Vitell consumer ethics scale with modifications that include rewording and the addition of new items. These new items can be grouped into three distinct categories – (1) downloading/buying counterfeit goods, (2) recycling/environmental awareness and (3) doing the right thing/doing good. The study also compares these two groups in terms of their attitude toward business. Results show that there is indeed a significant difference between these two groups in terms of ethical perceptions, but not in terms of the “recycling” items and the “doing good” items. There was also little difference between the groups in terms of their attitude toward business indicating that attitude toward business does not explain their different ethical perspectives.     

就TRIPs协议中关于未披露信息保护制度在我国实施情况的研究分析

本文对WTO项下TRIPs协议中的未披露信息保护制度进行了研究与分析,并就其对于我国相关知识产权保护制度的影响进行了理论探讨。笔者试图通过利用比较研究的方法,对我国的知识产权保护提出应对策略。     

Zukunft der Bahn: Ein Kommentar zum PRIMON-Gutachten

Anfang dieses Jahres wurde ein Gutachten zur zukünftigen Struktur der Deutschen Bahn AG in Vorbereitung auf den angestrebten B?rsengang des Unternehmens vorgelegt. Welches sind die zentralen Aussagen des so genannten PRIMON-Gutachtens, und wie sind sie aus wirtschaftspolitischer Sicht zu bewerten?